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The former captain of the University of Pennsylvania's baseball team played baseball in the summers and was a dentist in the off-season. He became a much-traveled utility player, with six ML teams in nine seasons. He hit a career-high .316 while playing three infield positions for the 1927 Giants and Braves. The next year the Braves gave him the shortstop job, the only season he played over 100 games at a single position. He hit .215. (JK)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » September 2, 1925: After losing Game One by a 6–3 score to the Phils, the Giants unload in a nitecap, 24–9 shelling. The hits keep coming—30 to be exact in a record 58 at-bats—at Baker Bowl. Four New Yorkers—Southworth, Frisch, Irish Meusel, and Lindstrom—each collect four hits apiece, while a ML record-tying ten batters each collect two hits each. Doc Farrell (2-for-3) who takes over for Travis Jackson at short in the 6th is the 10th. Ex-Phil Meusel drives home nine runs, while Rookie Fred Fitzsimmons allows 14 hits, including homers by Cy Williams, Johnny Mokan and Hal Carlson in the 8th frame. Phils starter Art Decatur is the loser. » June 12, 1927: The Giants trade righthander Hugh McQuillan back to Boston with P Kent Greenfield and IF Doc Farrell for C Zack Taylor, IF Herb Thomas, and P Larry Benton.